The Silent Film Society of Chicago announced the lineup of movies in their Silent Summer 2004 festival.
This is an awesome event: they show silent films with live accompaniment on the huge pipe organ at the restored Gateway Theatre on Chicago’s Northwest Side. Last year, one of the features (The Lost World) had a live orchestra playing along.
The final schedule is forthcoming; the movies are shown on Friday nights from July 23 through August 27. The films on the schedule are all classics: Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill, Jr., Max Schreck in Nosferatu, Clara Bow in It, Colleen Moore in Lilac Time and Rudolph Valentino in Blood and Sand.
It’s a great way to spend a Summer Friday evening.